Leaving old lives,and the beginning of new ones.

[Jaryn Starkiller]

Jaryn had been in the Underworld of Coruscant for over a few months,and roughly a year after starting his new life as a Sith,and the murder of his parents by his hand. Ever since the GA had conquered Coruscant most acolytes such as him chose to go into the Underworld after the Sith Temple fell,and either became Bounty Hunters or Mercs using their talents in the force to make easy credits. But their were some like him who held on to their teachings and like all Sith desired revenge against the Jedi.


For the last month he had been scrounging,and scraping to just to survive going back into his old ways from his old life since he did not want to reveal himself,and when he traveled in the streets he always made an effort to hide his lightsabers,and only used the force who he was still new to it despite the training he received from the teachers still,only when he needed to. At night when he was sleeping on the streets he would always admire the holo recordings of Lord Vader fighting against Rebels,or Fugitive Jedi,and Jaryn had to admit was his idol,and one day hoped to be like,and just as powerful as the great Sith.


Now after a month of hiding like a rat in the sewers he needed to get off planet,and started roaming the streets for a way off planet where the force may guide his destiny.


[member="Koda Berus"]

 

[Koda Berus]

Ever since Koda had been brought to Coruscant, she lived on the streets, living off of the things she stole, including money and even food and water. The only clothes Koda had on her back, was an ice blue shirt, black leather jacket, black skinny jeans, brown leather Jedi Boots and her weapons. One time she had even stole a TIE fighter that the Empire wouldn't easily just let get out of their sights. And they wouldn't rest until they had her in custody, which she loved to mess around with them for. She was lucky to get away with what she got, but sometimes she didn't get away with stuff and had already broke her leg, gotten shot and beaten for stealing stuff and the wounds never really ever healed. People just didn't understand that that as just how she had to live. And nobody ever lent out a hand to help her.

Today, Koda was roaming the streets looking for a good place to get some food from since she had pick- pocketed some money off of someone who chased her to the next town and lost her, so now she needed a drink and food. Four storm troopers in the area had spotted her, who had a warrant for her arrest, plus multiple bounty hunters had a bounty on her head, who had reported her to them.. anyway, the troopers saw her and immediately decided that they had to take action.

So one trooper walked up to her, asking her how she was doing and the like. Koda looked at him, suspecting something was unusual, but she responded anyway.

"I'm perfectly fine. I'm just on my way to get some lunch, so if you don't mind, I will be on my way."

she said as she gave a short nod and started trying to make her way around the trooper. Immediately, another trooper came up behind her, grabbing her around her waist, lifting her off of her feet as she screamed. The trooper who had spoken to her, walked up, getting into kicking ranger before he spoke up, but was cut off abruptly.

"We and many other bounty hunters have a warrant for your arre- Ack!!"

Koda had kicked him backwards, landing him on his rear end and she reached for one of the blasters she carried in her holsters and reached behind her, shooting him in the stomach. She then pulled out her second blaster, taking the other three troopers down who were completely shocked at her reaction. Many citizens in the street saw this and when they made eye contact with Koda, they immediately looked away and walked quickly away, shielding and ushering their children if any were around.

Upon seeing the frightened faces, she started to fear herself and started taking off running once more, placing the blasters in their holsters. She sensed someone nearby.. more like a force sensitive. The side of the force was not able to be told, but right now, she cared less. Soon, the signature grew closer and closer until she ran right into them. She painfully landed on her left hip and gave a dirty look to the boy she ran into. He was in fully black cloaks and black everything. Her look lightened up into a curious one.

The only weapons the young man would see, would be her blasters and lightsabers that she had disguised to be a staff that slung over her shoulder.

It would be unknown to him, but she had designed the staff to where she hooked her sabers into the ends of the staff.

[member="Jaryn Starkiller"]

 

[Jaryn Starkiller]

Stormtroopers were rare in the Underworld most of garrison had been killed,or surrendered to the Galactic Alliance following the Battle of Coruscant. It would not surprise Jaryn if some deserted like the cowards they were during the battle,and not died where they stood like the warriors they were are.


As Jaryn kept walking he sensed a force Signature,but could not tell if it was Jedi,or Sith so he payed no attention,and kept walking. He kept walking along the slum filled streets where in this type of coruscant you can find all sorts of shady characters. All of a sudden he felt a figure bump into him,and as he looked down he saw a girl giving him a very displeasing look,and noticed she had a staff around her,and wore a commen spacers outfit. He gave her the same look as his brown eyes bore into her through his hood.

He then thought it over,and figured she was the force signature,but was unsure if she was Jedi,or Sith but she was no clearly a year younger than him by the looks of it. He grabbed her by one of her arms pulling her up,and dragging her to an alleyway where no one could see them. He considered at first of drawing his sabers but decided against it for now at least till he got some answers. He said in a passive aggresive tone to her. "Who are you,and what do you think you are doing?"

[member="Koda Berus"]

 

[Koda Berus]

Koda had only a second to see the person she ran into before he returned the look she gave him. He then picked her up by her arm and lead her a little faster than her body would accept for a second, into an ally before he then started asking her questions. She was sure that this was the force sensitive she sensed and remembered in the same area from not too long ago.

"I'm Koda and what does it matter what I was doing? Who do you think you are?"

she asked in an arrogant tone, pulling her arm from his grasp and crossing her arms. She didn't have a good first impression with him, as she too thought of pulling her staff apart and igniting her sabers, but something told her to not do so.

As odd as it may have seemed for a girl like her to be wandering the streets, she did and this part of town wasn't new or unknown to her. In fact this is where she spent alot of time. She regretted it at times, but she got more exercise on this side of town than she did in the better parts of town. People appreciated their money more down here. Even though Koda stole it...

[member="Jaryn Starkiller"]

 

[Jaryn Starkiller]

He snorted at her looking her in the eye upon hearing such a statement. He had to give her guts for her attitude,and how oh so badly he wanted to kill her for speaking in such a way. Infact his left hand slowly made his way to one of his hilts just begging to ignite the bloodshine blade,and spill her blood on the open street.

He then replied in the same tone,and bore a slight irritated frown as he said to her. "They call me Jaryn. And I'm looking to get off planet Coruscant isn't really safe since The Jedi,and The Galactic Alliance reclaimed it back from the Sith,and I don't think you want to know you kriffing smart ass."

He stared defiantly at her clearly not liking her already,but nonetheless he would not bow to some stuck up little girl.

[member="Koda Berus"]

 

[Koda Berus]

Koda smirked at his reaction. She saw him just waiting to pull his saber out and kill her. It didn't bother her one bit though. And if he dared to call her some arrogant little girly girl, she'd have him on the ground to seconds flat. One, she wasn't a little girl, two just cause she was short, was never a disadvantage for her. She was just the right height to reach the most painful spots. She wouldn't be afraid to either.

"Hey! One in the same! I tell ya, some of the people uptown really don't care for their money or food. They rather take it for granted. And exactly. You wouldn't wanna now a thing about me either, so what the hell do you want? And honestly, if you're trying to provoke me to attack, it'll take oh so much more than calling me a kriffin smart ass before I pounce on your ass."

she retorted. So he was Imperial? Figures.. but she herself had started going off the grid and started disobeying a few of the Jedi rules. Koda had really shown herself to be more of a gray Jedi than anything and sometimes, they didn't really want her in the Temple. So she started floating towards the Dark Side a little more with her aggressive attitude that she showed. She wasn't a fan of the Republic after doing some studying on them.

She had a feeling she knew what he was asking, but as he was drifting towards his saber, her right hand was kept near the bottom of her staff. But it was to where she would be able to grab it. Plus she had also made her staff saber proof in case she didn't have enough time to pull the sabers off from the top.

[member="Jaryn Starkiller"]

 

[Jaryn Starkiller]

Now she was really pissing him off. Clearly the girl had a death wish of some kind so he figured he would be the one to deliever it. His left hand held tightly to his saber almost yanking it from his belt,as he was clearly becoming agitated.

Upon hearing her remark he grinned,and pushed her against the durasteel wall,and replied thinking that she was challenging him. He said to her with the same grin,and issueing his own challenge.

"Well then how do you wanna settle this than.Do you wanna fight here,or are you just some Pansy little girl afraid of getting her ass kicked by a man like myself!"

He grinned wickedly knowing that this remark would push her buttons at least,and that's what he was counting on.

[member="Koda Berus"]

 

[Koda Berus]

Koda smirked as he gripped his saber before he pushed her into the durasteel wall behind her. She only smirked as this was nothing she was unused to. She basically let him push her against the wall. If she hadn't let him, he would have had a little bit of a hard time in doing so. He grinned at her and she clearly showed no disturbance. She was one for not showing much emotion, but trash talk came easily. Now her had gripped the closest part of her staff.

"Oh really now? A Pansy? That's a new one.. is that all ya got for trash talk? Am I scared? No. I'm not. Because people have already shot me, broken my legs, beat me to hell, and some have actually heated up their knives and ran them through my skin, making sure they left scars. What are you possibly going to do, that I haven't already experienced. I can't even get a god damn meal without getting kicked out of the kriffin diner." the look on her face gave a deadly look that would scare anybody. "While I don't mind a good fight, that is never my intent, but if that's where you are going with this, then I'm boxing you. And if a lightsaber's mark of yours is laid upon me, I swear I'll beat you into the ground like there is no tomorrow."

she said, keeping the same scary calm look she was giving him. She had run into a few Sith here and there and defeated them all. Under the influence of her want for revenge for what the Sith did to her parents. And she was dead serious about beating him. She would and she wouldn't hesitate.

[member="Jaryn Starkiller"]

 

[Jaryn Starkiller]

He started laughing at the thought ignoring her calm look,and put his hand infront of his forehead. He was starting to think he was liking this girl,but she still pissed him off very much,and he wanted to test her on what she could possible do to him.

He then stopped his laughing,and resumed his gaze on her. He said in a cocky tone still wearing his grin. "Alright don't say I didn't warn ya." He then proceded to punch her in the left cheek,and while stunned,threw her into the other wall behind him igniting his bloodshine blade from the hilt in his belt,and proceded to point it at her easing the tip just a little to leave a nice little burn mark on one of her cheeks on her pretty face.

He shuts the saber off,and resumes laughing bending down while trying to say in between laughs. "Now what are you going to do to me girly girl!"

[member="Koda Berus"]

 

[Koda Berus]

Koda's look progressed into a glare hearing what he said. As he went to punch her left cheek, she dodged to the right before she then let him toss her towards another wall. But instead of letting him have victory, she stopped just short of the wall, skidding ever so slightly. Still quickly thinking of a plan, she felt the stinging, burning pain in the side of her face, on her left cheek.

As he burned a mark into her face, she was just at the right level to look at him and she gave him an asinine glare. She did not scream out in pain, but rather felt it, acknowledged it in her mind and moved on. It was nothing she wasn't used to. He was rather going easy on her. She had no idea why. After all, she was the Phantom.. why did he care?

"Alright fine.. you asked for it. Now you're gonna get it, pretty boy."

she said firmly in no way of a kind tone. Koda stood up, her icy blue eyes, glowing. It would suddenly grow colder and the wind would pick up a little bit. Frost started to spread outwards from her feet as she grew angrier and angrier. If he wanted to see what she could do, he'd be sorry. Almost immediately, Koda sprinted forward as he was on the ground laughing and took her boot, kicking at his stomach to get him off of the ground. She would then proceed and try to punch him in the face, possibly braking his nose, and then went for his stomach and lower before she would then try and take him off his feet, landing him on his ass.

Koda then gathered up energy as the temperature dropped more and more and then she started shooting ice towards him that came so quickly, he would have to make more than an effort to try and dodge it. People were afraid of her for this power. They often called her Phantom and a monster.

She did warn him...

[member="Jaryn Starkiller"]

 

[Jaryn Starkiller]

Jaryn was grinning like a madman when he heard the anger in her calm voice. He was waiting for a fight,and ever since the temple fell he felt that perhaps his skills with combat had gone lax. Then she sprinted towards him attempting to land punches on his face,but dodged them as quick as he could while attempting to catch one of her hands within his grip,and with force imbued strength attempted to crush it within his grasp.


She then kicked him hard in the stomach,and he to gasp,where she had enough time to get him off his feet,and onto his ass. He then saw something he head never seen it was as if she used the force around her to create sharp iceicles intended for him,and he laughed once more. He definately liked this girl indeed,with his palm open,and hand extended he stop them in mid air,and threw them against the wall. He then got up,and sprinted towards her attempting to land punches on her face,and chest. He said to her "Well Ice Queen not bad. Maybe if I don't rough you up to much maybe I should treat you to a drink eh."

Of course he was half joking,and tghen he wasn't because he definately liked her spunk especially her fight.


[member="Koda Berus"]

 

[Koda Berus]

As he made grabs for at least one of her hands, she just redirected herself and moving quicker to hopefully get better aim. Some people were slightly interested in the fight, but clearly had other things on their minds. When Koda had kicked him in the stomach, she was glad to have hit something and she had knocked the air out of him.

As Koda had built up the energy around her, she really didn't have to, she just decided to, cause she was really kinda pissed off. Koda was able to tap into ice magic rather easily as her mother fully harnessed the power as a sorceress and that same power continued on in Koda. But she still took on the force from her father's side.

She saw as Jaryn somehow easily stopped the ice mid air with the force, sending them to the other wall in which they penetrated. She then watched closely as he got up and took a sprint towards her and she planted her feet into the ground, this time not letting him shove her into a wall. As he made punches for her face and chest, she dodged every single punch to her face and stopped him mid punch for her chest, using her ice to frost over his hand rather quickly. Frost would do no serious harm to him, his hand would just ache. For a while...

She then smirked, hearing what he was saying and with her empty hand, roughly patted him on the shoulder before responding.

"Not a bad idea.. I'll just warn ya though, the bar tenders are not really... well, let's just say they don't like me much."

she said giving a laugh before then force pushing him backwards. Koda was starting to be blind sided by the fact that her mind and heart were playing tricks on her and making her start to like this kid.

[member="Jaryn Starkiller"]

 

[Jaryn Starkiller]

His hand was freezing upon his failed attempt. The young man was incredibly surprised by her ability to manipulate the water around her with the use of the force. He had read many texts on the force,and sith magic,but this was something entirely new. He then felt her hand on his shoulder,and not a second after she spoke she let out a light laugh,and felt himself getting far away,and focusing on her face before landing in a pile of bins.


His hood went flying off his head,and went past his shoulders rxposing his pale sking,and their were scar marks all over his face,and his hair was long. Despite how she was pissing him off,but kinda found her a bit cute even for a stuck up little girl,and decided that maybe he rather take her out for that drink,and beat her in a drinking game than like this. He dinately wanted to try alcohol anyway as he never consumed it ever.

He get's up brushing the dirt off accepting defeat he gave her a smirk,and said. "Well stuck up little girly girl. How bout you,and me settle this in a drinking game,and don't worry we are two force wielders I'm sure we would be fine."
He figured that she was OK she maybe wasn't a Jedi,and their was no reason to reveal himself in anyway. So he assumed everything could be fine with them.

[member="Koda Berus"]

 

[Koda Berus]

Koda had force pushed him backwards playfully and still had a smile on her face. It wasn't ignorant, angry, sad or happy. It was just one that she used when she was starting to enjoy something. And right now they were basically playing cat and mouse. A game that Koda especially loved.

As she saw him fly into the bins a few feet away from her, his hood came down, exposing his face. He too had scars and this perked her interest. He was also kinda cute in her opinion. She was really kinda of confused on her thoughts about him. Her heart and his face told her to like him, but his actions and her head told her differently. She scoffed playfully with the same smile, ignoring her thoughts and then went over to him, offering her hand to help him up.

"Don't worry. I'm not gonna freeze that hand off too."

She giggled, helping him up. When he suggested that they do it over a drinking contest, she nodded in approval.

"Well, that's the second good idea you've come up with in the past few minutes. Ever tried a Corellian Whiskey or Brandy? Plus the names Koda. Call me girly girl, stuck up, or any of those idiot pitiful names and I will freeze your arm off."

she said, giving a serious look. Those names she had heard of and they had been given to her many times and most wound up dead by the end. They weren't the worst ones she had heard before though. People had been much more rude to her and some of those people wound up dead too.

[member="Jaryn Starkiller"]

 

[Jaryn Starkiller]

He was a bit taken back by her sudden change in attitude. When he saw her almost be have playfully which he never really experiance,or see such behaviour in his entire life,and didn't really know how to respong except grabbing her hand. He suddenly thougt to himself how her hands were particullarly soft,and almost enjoyed the feeling.



The way she was acting was weird to him,and only nodded in silence. He then said in a nervous tone. "N..No I believe a cantina is right across the street. Fine than Koda c'mon."

He then proceded to shake his hand a bit warming it up a bit with the force,and made his way out of the alley,and into a okay looking cantina,and went inside where it looked like an ordinary run down scum filled cantina,and sat in a booth in the corner a bit nervous at never participating in such an activity before,especially a girl.

[member="Koda Berus"]

 

[Koda Berus]

Koda noticed that he hadn't really been used to the attitude she was giving him now. She wasn't a total troublemaker. She still had a heart and a brain like everybody else, she just shut everyone out after the loss of her brother, having no idea here he went and then having nobody to trust at all, she decided that she wouldn't trust. The way he responded, told her that he had never known happiness or playfulness.

Koda then gave a short nod and followed him across the street towards the cantina. She watched him as they walked and noticed him shaking his hand from the aching pain that would be there. She rolled her eyes and quickened her pace very slightly to completely catch up with him.

"Ya know, I do know how to fix that. If not, it's only gonna get worse."

She said. She then looked to the ground, still able to see him in the corner of her eye, still following him. Koda had been in both of these cantinas and both bartenders didn't like her very much and as they went through, they looked past Jaryn and glared at her. Koda gave them a two fingered salute, winking at the same time and proceeded to follow Jaryn to the seat he had chosen. She sat across from him and then the bartender came over, still glaring at her.

"What do you want Phantom?"

he asked with venom in his voice.

"Yes, nice to see you too. We're doing a drinking contest, let's try Corellian whiskey this time, alright?"

she said. He glared at her once more and then went back to get the shots.

[member="Jaryn Starkiller"]

 

[Jaryn Starkiller]

He was still nervous,but scoffed at her. He didn't need her help,but maybe it would be a good idea for her to help his hand anyways. He replies while sticking his hand. "Fine..if you think your so great than why don't you fix it."


Even if he did found her slightly attractive he was still kinda mad,and hoped to beat in her in this type of game. Not after to long their drinks had arrived,and it was all in what seemed to be in tiny little shot glasses,and several rows from the looks of it. This was going to be interested. He immediately grabbed his first drink,and swallowed it in ernest,the liquid trickled,and burned his throat,and he started coughing still fairly new to such drinks.


[member="Koda Berus"]

 

[Koda Berus]

Koda gave a nod as she took his hand into both of hers and then pressed on both sides of the knuckles of his index finger and the finger closest to his pinky. She then pressed forward towards his wrist and stopped once she reached his palm. As soon as she did that, the pain would immediately stop.

"There.. it'll be numb for five seconds and then the numbness will be gone."

she said before she then saw the waiter bring over the drinks. Before Koda could say anything, Jaryn picked up one of the shotglasses, taking the whole thing down. When he started coughing, Koda hid a giggle and then took her own shotglass. She sucked it down and then placed the shot glass upside down on the table and then looked at him waiting for him to take the next glass.

Koda hadn't been of age, but she had done one of these the year before, so this type of alcohol was something she was used to. She rarely drank, but when she did, it was only one glass and it was this whiskey. The bartender usually watered it down though before he served it. But this time, he gave it to them full strength.

"Oohh! He didn't water it down this time. How bout it!"

She exclaimed under her breath.

[member="Jaryn Starkiller"]

 

[Jaryn Starkiller]

He moved his fingers a bit,and noticed that the sudden feeling of burning frostbite was gone. The coughing fit had stopped,and he reached for another shot glass,and when it was finished he turned it upside down,and set it down next to it's brother on the side of the table. He kept resuming the process with another glass savoring the burning sensation of the liquid going down his throat.


He said to her as he finished the glass,and pushed it aside. "So.. your still getting you ass handed to you one way,or the other. Their is no way in hell you will beat me"


He felt that he was sure of himself despite never touching a drop of alcohol,he wassn't going to be beaten in any way by some girl no matter who or what she is.


[member="Koda Berus"]

 

[Koda Berus]

Koda watched as he looked at his hand. At this point, she was sure that he was a Sith. She wanted to kill him as much as he did, but she wanted to see where things went. Once he stopped coughing, he took down one after another. He was going way too fast for a first time drinker and he would be regretting it later. She shook her head and started taking down a glass at a time as they took turns. After each glass, she placed it top down on the table and then took one after another after him.

"Look Jaryn. I don't quit very easily and you are taking that whiskey down way too quick. Especially for being inexperienced in drinking such things. Just a warning, you'll regret drinking that fast later. Plus, rules of the game are no force powers. If you are using the force to resist the alcohol, your opponent immediately wins."

she said. And she as in no way lying. The bartender ha told her that her first time and he enforced that rule when it came to the game. Because if force powers were used, that player was immediately disqualified, plus it was an unfair advantage to an opponent who either wasn't a force sensitive or for those who wanted to win.

There was no way he was going to win this. Most first timers going into this dropped to the floor unconscious, from drinking so much at one time.

[member="Jaryn Starkiller"]